Hope to halt climate change by thickening Arctic sea ice
The government is to spend £10 million on investigating whether climate change could be slowed by refreezing the Arctic.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge will explore whether the Arctic's rapidly diminishing sea ice could be artificially thickened, with field trials set to begin in Canada this year.
The scheme is one of 21 'geo-engineering' projects that will receive £57 million in taxpayer money in total. The aim is to assess whether a range of controversial techniques could one day be used to modify the climate and cool the Earth.The funding includes £400,000 to explore the feasibility of building a giant parasol in space to shade a portion of the planet, and £5 million to look at whether high-altitude cirrus clouds that act as
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